The Motives of Idol Worship

Before we enter upon our subject it may not be superfluous to determine what we mean by idolatry. This is the more necessary because of the definition which is so familiar to us, from the Heidelberg Catechism. For it is only because of the very practical purpose of the Catechism on the first commandment that we accede to and justify the very broad and somewhat figurative definition. It is also from this motive that Dr. A. Kuyper in his commentary, "E VOTO" includes all those things in which men...